The studies for which one may receive student aid are decided by either the government itself or the appropriate government bureau.

New courses are added and removed continuously and the list below is updated regularly. You will always find the current list of courses that one may receive student aid for in the appendix of the Study Support Ordinance. Unfortunately the Study Support Ordinance is only available in Swedish.To the Study Support Ordinance (studiestödsförordningen 2000:655)

Contact CSN for more information regarding which courses you may receive student aid for.

Compulsory and upper secondary education that qualify you for financial aid for studies

Prep year at college

This category includes colleges and universities that arrange preparatory courses.

Other post-secondary education

This category includes advanced vocation-oriented training courses (KY), folk high school recreation leader training, vocational courses at a folk high school lasting up to 80 weeks that are a continuation of upper secondary education, and other post-secondary education.

See list of other post-secondary studies

The studies for which one may receive student aid are decided by either the government itself or the appropriate government bureau.

New courses are added and removed continuously and the list below is updated regularly. You will always find the current list of courses that one may receive student aid for in the appendix of the Study Support Ordinance. Unfortunately the Study Support Ordinance is only available in Swedish.

Studies that lead to a university degree

This category includes national colleges and universities, as well as municipal and private colleges.

See list of studies that lead to a university degree

The studies for which one may receive student aid are decided by either the government itself or the appropriate government bureau.

New courses are added and removed continuously and the list below is updated regularly. You will always find the current list of courses that one may receive student aid for in the appendix of the Study Support Ordinance. Unfortunately the Study Support Ordinance is only available in Swedish.To the Study Support Ordinance (studiestödsförordningen 2000:655)

Contact CSN for more information regarding which courses you may receive student aid for.

Studies that lead to a university degree that qualify you for financial aid for studies

Municipal college education that is not on contract

National colleges and universities, except:

farrier and inseminator instruction at Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences)

courses under the Regulation on Preparatory Eligibility Studies at Universities and Colleges (Swedish Code of Statutes 1992:819)

courses under the Ordinance on Contract Education at Universities and University Colleges (Swedish Code of Statutes 2002:760) - but you may receive financial aid for studies for contract education under the police training programmes at Umeå University and Linné University

Other schools and studies

Beckmans skola AB, university degree in art and design

Ericastiftelsen (Erica Foundation), courses for a psychotherapy degree, as well as associated further and advanced training

You can also receive student aid if you will be studying abroad. Check out the menu to the left to find out more about studying outside Sweden.

Studies that do not qualify you for financial aid for studies

You cannot receive financial aid for:

contract education

post-graduate studies if you are or have been a doctoral student, or if you have received an educational grant for doctoral students

private studies, for example if you study for an exam without being enrolled in school

Swedish for Immigrants (sfi).

Who decides which studies qualify you for financial aid?

Either the government or one of its agencies decides which studies qualify you for financial aid. Approved Swedish studies appear in the Study Support Ordinance (Swedish Code of Statutes 2000:655) and its annex.

CSN also has an educational register of schools, courses and schedules.